Oligonicella
Encyclopedia
Oligonicella is a wide-ranging genus
of praying mantises represented in Africa
, Asia
, and Europe
by species
such as:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of praying mantises represented in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
by species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
such as:
- O. bollianaOligonicella bollianaOligonicella bolliana is a species of praying mantis....
- O. brunneriOligonicella brunneriOligonicella brunneri is one of the smallest species of praying mantis and "scarcely reach one centimeter in length."...
- O. punctulata
- O. scudderiOligonicella scudderiOligonicella scudderi, common name Scudder’s Mantis, is a species of praying mantis native to the Southern United States.-References:* Dichotomous Key to Species of Mantids that may occur in Florida...
- O. striolata
- O. tessellata